Tuesday, November 11, 2014

It's already November and the year has flown by. I'm really excited to be part of a new wine from Ruby Blues Winery which is located in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.

The 2013 Pinot Noir named Strawberry Heels sold out and the proprietor, my good friend Prudence, asked me to design a new wine label for next year's Strawberry Heels wine. I was immediately on the task and came up with the following painting which to me encompasses both the name of the wine as well as the feel of their unique winery. I can't wait to see it as a finished label on the bottle next year!

Take a peek at the link above to check out Ruby Blues Winery and if you're ever in the area, stop by, and say Jennifer sent you!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Wow, it's been a long time since I first started blogging, and I it's been a long time since my last blog. I think it should be called a bog, because I get bogged down trying to write something, but here goes.

So now I'm posting a new "bog". Summer is here. Our friends from Vancouver, who we see every year when the weather up there is not so hot, were down for a vacation recently. The weather here in the desert was nice, a bit windy at times, but still nice. Some golfing (I took up golfing, FORE! :o ), some tennis, some barbeques, etc. and some painting in between.

This shot ended up on the green across the lake!Actually, not really :o....kerplunk!

After everyone flew back north, I received a very special unexpected gift from my friends, Craig and Heidi.

My adopted elephant is named Sities. She was found in Southern Keyna by the red thumbtack in the map attached here.

This is how her arrival at Mgeno Ranch was described. "An unusual visitor walked into the Mgeno Ranch Headquarters, within the Tsavo Conservation Area during the morning of 22nd March 2010. This unusual visitor was a bellowing baby elephant, desperate for company and who sent all the Staff scuttling for safety, fearful that the baby’s mother might turn up to claim it. Eventually they ventured out, their sudden appearance frightening the little calf, who ran off a short distance, but then returned, desperate for company. Too young to know fear, being only about 1 ½ months old, the Staff tied it to a tree, and then called Dr. David Ndeereh of the Trust’s Tsavo Mobile Veterinary Unit, who in turn alerted our Voi Elephant Keepers that an elephant rescue was needed."

Follow this link to meet Sities and learn about her journey after being abandoned probably as a result of poaching.

What a wonderful gift to orphaned elephants and rhinos is the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and what a special gift for Craig and Heidi to make a donation in my name to foster little Sities. Well, she is probably not so little I'm sure by now after all the wonderful care she is getting. Thank you!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Over the past few months, I have had the wonderful opportunity to design fabrics with Timeless Treasures Fabrics, Inc. It is something I always wanted to do and now it's happening, with a launch this week of 20 of my designs at the Spring Quilt Market.

My first designs are "Bad Hair Day", "Nothing to Wear", "Combs & Foams", and "BathTubbies", with coordinates to go with all of them. I got my samples a week ago and it was thrilling to see what started out as small paintings of girls with "bad hair", girls with "nothing to wear", "combs & foams", and "bathtubbies" made into fabrics. My next set will have cats n dogs, and my signature chefs.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Between now and December 20th, the winner of this contest will receive a Limited Edition Giclee of Jennifer's "Girlfriends in Paris".

The contest is simple...

In the spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas, the winner will be the person who is judged to have done the most generous charitable deed in this time period. We will recruit the same esteemed judges as before:

Ryan Tramonte

Sandy Osborne

Bill Vincent

Nancy Nelson

Louise Melbye

Please email the description of your gift to others to tadd@jennifergarant.com. And, don't be surprised if in the same spirit of giving, many more prizes will be added as we go, because everyone who participates will be a winner with their contributions.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Here is a recipe extraordinaire!! (I must give credit to my pal Laura for this one). It was served for the first time at my annual CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHICKS, CHOCOLATE & CHAMPAGNE PARTY this past December.

Preparation:
Toss all ingredients into a crystal bowl and use your hands to really mix everything up so the apple and chocolate bits are totally covered in cool whip. Lick your fingers to sample the results.

Preparation & Baking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Open can of cresent roll and unroll the dough. Place one triangular piece of cresent roll on a baking sheet or cooking stone.

Put a cocktail weenie in the wide end of the dough triangle; roll the dough around the sausage (you should have one layer of dough covering it completely - leaving the 'toe' end exposed). Taper the other end to look realistic at the base of the toe. Use a knife to score 'knuckles' on the dough in the center.

Place the toes in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. After baking, add a dab of ketchup at the exposed end of the toe and press an almond slice onto the ketcup for the nail.

Mix together and sprinkle over the top of the entire pan.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Christmas

Puttin' on the Christmas Ritz!

Ingredients:
Ritz crackers
Peanut Butter
Almond Bark
Chocolate Bark

Directions:
Sandwich the peanut butter between two Ritz crackers.
Melt the chocolate bark for 90 seconds (or longer to melt throughout). Dip each sandwich cracker into the melted chocolate half way and lay on to wax paper to cool.

When the chocolate has hardened, melt the vanilla bark and dip the opposite side, laying the cookies back on the wax paper to cool.

Directions:
Cut squash in half from stem to bottom. Deseed. Place squash cut side down on pan and bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until outer edge is soft to the touch. Let cool. Use fork to scrape squash from shell.

Creating the Sauce:
Saute regular garlic in 1/4 stick margarine. Add cream and cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste. In another pan, saute roasted garlic, and remaining butter. Add spaghetti squash to this mixture of roasted garlic. Saute in pan and occasionally mix squash to cook more evenly. Then add cream and cheese mixture to roasted garlic and squash. Add more salt & pepper if needed. Serve.

Note: You can add fresh diced tomatoes and parsley for garnish and color. Toss this in at the end prior to seving.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Attention Contest 2 participants...
The final leg of the contest has begun!!

Rules:
You are the host and Chef of "The Perfect Dinner Party". You pick four well known people (can be anybody, living or not - could be writers, actors, politicians, sports people, astronauts, statesmen, whoever that would make up the perfect dinner party).You are preparing the 4 course dinner and will submit the menu and one recipe as part of the contest. The menu should have something to do with each of your dinner guests. Submit your dinner guests names and their conversation as a script, (i.e., Henry Kissinger replied "blah, blah, blah" to Suzanne Sommer's poignant question) . Each person should say at least 4 things.

"The Perfect Dinner Party" guests should be chosen to ensure an interesting and/or funny dinner conversation. So, submit a 4 course dinner menu (with one recipe), names of guests, and their conversation as a script.

Deadline is Sunday, Sept 6th, 9:00pm (EST)

You will be judged on a number of factors including:
Best Menu
Best Recipe
Most interesting or funny Guest List
Most Probable, interesting, or funniest Script

You will be awarded a score between 1 and 20 if you participate.

This is a great chance to take home the prize.

Have fun!

P.S. Our Dinner party would be Winston Churchill, Dana Carvey (as the Church Lady), Cher, and Sylvester Stallone.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Comment results for Contest #2: Quickfire I on Ryan's coverage of Jennifer Garant's painting "Bad Habits in Venice" are in.

Funniest Comment: Maggie Murphy, 3pts

The nun clutching the Bible has a red stain on her dress!! She must have been involved somehow... who would ever suspect her with that innocent get up on, holding the Word of God?! How low does a person have to go to cover up a murder? Someone order a DNA test on that stain, STAT.

Most Interesting Conspiracy Theory: Maggie Murphy, 3pts

We all know that SOMETHING crashed in the desert outside of Roswell, New Mexico that hot afternoon in July 1947. It is quite possible that the extraterrestrial life forms got so fed up with the publicity and alien mockery that their little visit caused that they decided to pick up ship and camp elsewhere. I am banking they choose ‘The City of Light’ to call home. Coincidence that this painting took place in the very same city? And, now we have a murder investigation on our hands. I don’t think so. I have heard that aliens, unlike humans, don’t have to depend on air for survival. And, what better place to lurk and spy on unsuspecting prey than in the Venetian canals themselves. What’s that?! I see one of them now!! Camouflaged on the side of the orange building near the skyline!! Wow, who knew they were capable of changing color in an effort to conceal themselves from their victims. They obviously haven’t mastered their technique, however. I can still see the outline of his green head and limbs. Oh, the horror… Oh, the humanity!! Run for your lives folks… RUN, RUN, RUN!!!!Thanks to all who participated in this round!

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Collector: Rosemary ColeyHometown: Rosamond, CA

Rosemary says: I saw your work for the first time a few years ago when my Mom picked up your "Chef in a Tub" picture. I've always loved the "Fat Chef" series and have recently decorated my new house in them.

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